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He and Xu Dahai had a long-standing grudge, so it was impossible for him to ask him for help. In this way, only Wang Zhijun was left.

"Sister, I will go find Wang Zhijun tomorrow. Your family is having such a hard time, he shouldn't just stand by and watch."

Li Chenxi was stunned, and immediately thought this was a good idea. The reason why Wang Zhijun was unwilling to lend her money was mainly because he was worried that she would not be able to pay it back. However, Li Erleng was different. Wang Zhijun should not doubt that she could not pay it back.

In addition, borrowing money through Li Erleng could also ease her relationship with Wang Zhijun.

Chen Zhonghai couldn't listen any longer, and immediately stood up and said, "Erlang, don't go to Wang Zhijun to borrow money. He is just like Xu Dahai, he has no conscience. They just want others to have a bad life."

Li Erleng was unwilling to give up and said, "Uncle, Wang Zhijun and I have some friendship, so you should be able to lend it to me!"

Chen Zhonghai winked at Li Chenxi, and Li Chenxi immediately remembered what Chen Zhonghai had said to her last night: Wang Zhijun doesn't have much time left, and it's time to keep a distance from him.

"Erlang, forget it! I can still make it through recently."

In the end, Li Erleng did not fully understand how difficult the situation at Li Chenxi's family was. He only knew that their lives were extremely stressful.

Chen Zhonghai didn't want him to have any more wild thoughts, so he said, "Erlang, don't stand there waiting for Xu Dahai. Grandma Zhang wants to eat the food you cook, come to my house and cook for her."

When Li Erleng heard that he had to cook for Grandma Zhang, he readily agreed.

Chen Zhonghai breathed a sigh of relief. He almost let it slip that he was being monitored.

Chen Zhonghai turned to Li Chenxi and said, "Chenxi, you should pay more attention to Erlang recently and don't let him cause any trouble."

Li Chenxi wanted to ask about the meat, but when she saw that Chen Zhonghai didn't mention it, it was obvious that the meat was still kept secret, so she was too embarrassed to ask.

Li Erleng arrived at Chen Zhonghai's house and went straight to the point: "Auntie, what vegetables did you buy at home? Let me see what delicious food I can make for mother-in-law."

Aunt Zhang looked unhappy and pointed casually: "The vegetables are all there, you can do whatever you want!"

Li Erlang didn't notice Aunt Zhang's change and went straight to picking the ingredients. "Aunt, you and Uncle are so kind to Grandma. You bought so much meat. I will definitely cook a good dish for Grandma to eat well."

Aunt Zhang was unhappy: "...You don't have to cook so well. It's better to boil the meat slices. Then others won't find out that we eat meat at home."

Aunt Zhang looked at the meat she had bought at home, and then glanced at Chen Zhonghai, who was chatting and laughing with Li Chenxi outside, and she felt a headache. She gritted her teeth and bought two kilograms of meat, not knowing how much would be left in the end.

Many people in the courtyard have started to eat meat, and Aunt Zhang also wants to eat it. If Li Erleng gets his hands on the meat bought in the name of Aunt Zhang, he will probably give a lot to Li Chenxi.

Aunt Zhang thought about it and thought that the only person who could stop Chen Zhonghai and Li Erlang from sending meat was Granny Zhang. In order to save the meat at home, she decided to invite Granny Zhang over.

"Erlang, you cook at home, I'll go get my mother-in-law."

Li Erlang slapped his forehead and said, "Auntie, go quickly. If mother-in-law knew that we ate meat without asking her, she would definitely chase us for several blocks with her cane."

Aunt Zhang smiled and walked out of the house, "Old Chen, Erleng asked you to quickly pick up mother-in-law. I'm going to the backyard first."

Chen Zhonghai and Li Chenxi's faces turned ugly in an instant, and they blamed Li Erleng for being ignorant of the overall situation.

Chen Zhonghai sighed: "Chenxi, go find Erlang directly later."

Chen Zhonghai asked Aunt Zhang to buy so much meat because he really wanted to take care of Li Chenxi. He had to win over Li Chenxi to ensure that the retirement plan was foolproof.

Ding Laosi shook his head. "He was not thinking about that single woman. It was those people who forced Gouzhu to think about that. They didn't let Gouzhu get married, so he could only think about those things, such as Qin Mei Niang."

Li Huifen glared at Ding Laosi, "I warn you, no matter what happens to other people, you are not allowed to get entangled with Qin Mei Niang. If I find out, I will never let you go!"

Ding Laosi laughed and said, "Wife, you are praising me too much. I am not good-looking and I don't have much money. Why would Qin Mei Niang like me?"

Li Huifen curled her lips and said, "Don't be too proud too soon. Let me tell you, Qin Mei Niang has been keeping an eye on our families recently and has been secretly asking about our affairs."

Ding Lao Si was shocked and asked, "What is there about our families that is worth her asking about? She is just asking us about Zhao San. Don't speculate."

Li Huifen shook her head and said, "No. I'm sure she's asking about you and Zhang Gang."

Ding Laosi was completely confused, "Why is this?"

Li Huifen explained: "We discussed it a bit, and she saw that our families were all wealthy. You are all regular factory workers, and your lives are similar. Zhao San's family can come up with 800 yuan, so why can't ours?"

Ding Laosi paced around the room anxiously, and finally made up his mind and said, "We have ignored this matter for too long. I have to go and discuss countermeasures with them."

Seeing that Ding Laosi was about to leave, Li Huifen reminded him, "Give these two bowls of food to the Qian and Zhao families first. Liu Xiao'e bought so many dishes just to share with everyone."

Ding Laosi took the bowl and said regretfully, "Liu Xiao'e is a really good person, but she is unlucky to marry Xu Laoliu, that scum."

Li Huifen sighed and said helplessly that according to her idea, it would be better for Liu Xiao'e to marry Wang Er, but unfortunately the age gap between them was too big.

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As soon as the Dings had finished cleaning up the house, Li Huifen called out to Ding Laosi: "Brother Ding, is the meal ready? I smelled the delicious food as soon as I entered the house. I'm so hungry."

Li Huifen smiled and said to Ding Laosi, "That's right. The dishes cooked by Gouzhu are so delicious that my own dishes are inferior to others."

Li Huifen asked curiously: "Does Gouzhu still have money? How can he afford to buy meat?"

"He didn't buy it! It was Granny Wang who bought it secretly. She bought more than two kilograms. When I was out doing some errands today, I saw her going to the cripple at the corner of the street to buy meat tickets."

The lame man was a ticket scalper, and people around him would ask him for help when they needed it.

Li Huifen knew this person and had bought tickets from her several times. Everyone knew that on the surface it was the lame man who was selling the tickets, but no one knew who was behind it. To avoid trouble, everyone pretended not to know.

Li Huifen said: "I thought Granny Wang was buying cooked food again, but I didn't expect she was buying fresh meat."

Zhou Zhiyuan thought that Granny Wang and her husband had eaten secretly, thinking that this way they would not be discovered. However, news spread quickly in the courtyard, and there was no such thing as a secret.

Ding Laosi asked: "Sister-in-law, how did you know?"

Li Huifen glanced at the children playing nearby and said in a low voice, "When Mingqiang didn't have a job before, he often looked for work on the street, and occasionally he would encounter Grandpa Wang stealing roast chicken and pork head meat."